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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1894
Page
8
Readable items show an agent offering estate settlement services and loans at reasonable rates. Addresses include 38 Bank Block Fort Worth and 53 54 Pixley Long Block with hours listed 9 to 1 and 2 to 4. Contact B B Gard for details and correspondence number 6 53 54 Pixley Long Block.
Ossian reports show Lake Erie and Western freight leads stock shipments between Fort Wayne and Connersville. Franke vs Panhandle railroad yields 2500 dollar verdict for plaintiff. Mrs Catherine Murry dies in Bluffton. funeral set for 2 PM tomorrow. Sheriff Clausmeier recovers stolen horse near the poor farm, praised for efforts. Train costs and employee wages outlined. capital costs of rail equipment listed. Travelers Protective Association elects officers. week of prayer events noted for Young Men's Christian Association with speakers through Nov 18.
A grand ceremony marked the dedication of St. Peter's Catholic church at DeWald and St. Martin streets Fort Wayne. Rev August Quattman of Cincinnati delivered a brilliant sermon after a formal processional and mass, praising the growth of the local Catholic community and noting the church’s completion after years of labor and a total cost over $65,000.
Wheat and corn prices listed for November contracts across Chicago. Fort Wayne market notes include wheat, oats, corn, rye, meal, seeds, and farm staples with varied per ewt and per ton pricing. The annual Wabash railway surgeons meeting elected officers with Dr W A McCandless as president and Dr Miles F Porter as vice president. next meeting planned in St Louis in November next year.
Two serious railroad accidents were reported yesterday. W. H. Bonner, a 25 year old brakeman, was crushed at Liverpool Tennessee on the Pittsburg line and had his left leg amputated below the hip. Brakeman C. G. Woolever suffered a knee amputation after being run over by a Nickel Plate freight at Peabody. In Chicago, switchman John Dooley was instantly killed in the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul yards. his funeral will be held in Valparaiso and he left a wife and six children.
Herr Most led a German speech at Adler theater praising death of Czar Alexander III. J Gordon urged Russians to rise and kill the Romanoffs. Three thousand Russians gathered at Windsor theater to denounce the czar and praise reform, while Lou Miller condemned the czar’s regime and the royal line. Abraham Cahan blamed the American press for not printing the Russian ruler’s crimes boldly enough. Resolutions urged Russia to adopt universal rights as recognized in the United States.
Nebraska reports a Beatrice attorney tied to Capt. Henry Howgate's $500,000 government defalcation. Nellie Burrell, a Dewitt native, became Howgate's mistress and allegedly helped transfer Florida lands and funds through the Beatrice lawyer. Federal authorities seek recovery and identify Nebraska connections amid the scandal.
Miss Annie Seasholtz of Northumberland Pa will devote her life to mission work after graduating high school in 1889 and completing Dr Simp sons missionary training in 1892 She sailed from New York on Sept 28 with volunteers for India to study Marathi in Akola Berar for two years prior to foreign work.
Mrs Jas Donnally of Evergreen dies and her three sisters plus father Joseph Dolittle fall ill from poisoned raw water. Roof painted with white lead cited as possible exposure. In other news, Panhandle lines boost freight to Pittsburg while Fort Wayne line reports lighter workload. Local train crews see adjustments. Colorado hunting trip highlights for Conductor Benedict and engineers McCarthy Swartz.
C F Wait the Capac balloonist narrowly escaped death after an ascent to about 1000 to 1500 feet. A parachute cord, a sliver in diameter, tangled around the balloon bar and inverted the canopy. He claims he freed the line before dropping but remained suspended, unable to reach the bar until the craft began to descend and landed him safely.
Notice announces HN Hess appointed Executor of the last will and testament of John Scherer, deceased in Allen County Indiana. The estate is reported to be solvent and the executor is named.
Notice to the creditors heirs and legatees of Thomas Kel deceased to appear in the Allen circuit court at Fort Wayne Indiana on November 1894 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved. Heirs must prove heirship and receive distributive shares.
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